Registering device.



' PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908- F. DE PARIS. -REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1908.

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REGISTERING DEVICE.

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REGISTERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed January 30, 1908. Serial No. 413,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DE PARIS, a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and 1m roved Registering Device, of which the fol owing is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a very simple, economic and accurate me chanical register, adapted for application to electric, gas or water meters, or for counting the revolutions of any machine on which it may be used as a tachymeter, or for analogous purposes, and to so construct the machine that it will register accurately unit by unit the quantities measured in their passage through a meter.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine with the dial plate removed to fully expose the registering cylinders; Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine with the dial plate in position, the view being drawn upon a reduced scale; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 22 of Figs. 1 and 3, through the rear central extension of the machine carrying the driving mechanism, and a right-hand end view of the registering mechanism; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the said central rear extension of the machine; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and Figs. 5 and 6 are similar sections taken respectively on the lines 55 and 6-6 of Fig. 1, looking in opposite directions as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1 Fig. 7 is a view of the lefthand face of one of the registering cylinders, the shaft appearing in section; Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation of a barrel s ring employed Fig. 9 is a side elevation o the regulating device associated with the said barrel spring; and Fig. 10 is a detail view of the aXis of the said spring.

The machine as shown is adapted for application to a wattmeter of ten amperes, but it may be difierently applied and the dimen sions of its various parts may be modified as needed.

A represents the front plate of the frame of the machine and A forwardly-extending end brackets secured to the front plate in any approved manner. At the central rear portion of the frame a horizontal plate 10 eX- tends from the front plate A, being attached thereto by a suitable bracket 11, and said plate 10 is provided with apertures 10 whereby to attach it to a meter, for example, or to an adjacent support, or a machine in connection with which the register is to be employed. A second and upper horizontal back plate 12 is located above the plate 10 and supported thereby through suitable pillars 13.

A motor shaft 14 is journaled in the upper plate 12 and passes through the lower plate 10, and is adapted for suitable connection with the movin portion of the motor or machine. When t e register is to be applied to a wattmeter, the lower end of the shaft 14,,

which is adapted to turn in jewel bearings, is connected with the disk of the wattmeter; and if the register is to be fitted to a gas meter, or to a water meter, or to any other machine, the said motor shaft 14 will receive motion from said meters or from the machine, for example, through suitable gearing carried by the shaft.

The upper end of the motor shaft 14 is journaled in a jewel bearing 15 located in the shank of an oil cup 16, as is shown in Fig. 2; and the said upper end of the shaft passes through the said jewel bearing into the lubricating chamber of the said cup. The oil cup 16 is screwed into a disk 17, which in turn is screwed into a threaded opening in the upper rear plate 12 and is held in adjusted position by a set screw 18, or its equivalent. The center of the disk 17 does not correspond to the center of rotation of the motor shaft 14, for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned. A pinion 19 in the construction shown is provided with eight teeth and is secured to the motor shaft 14, but it may be substituted by a larger or a smaller pinion according to the requirements of the machine. To that end the shaft 14 is eccentrically j ournaled in the disk 17 as stated, since by turning the disk in one direction a larger or a smaller pinion 19 may be made to mesh with a gear 19 secured upon a parallel driven shaft 20, which gear 19 is provided with eighty teeth when the driving pinion 19 has eight teeth. WVhe'n the pinion 19 is provided. with eight teeth the machine is adapted to measure one-hundred watts. The drive shaft 20 carries a pinion 21, which when the gear 19'" has eighty teeth is provided with twelve teeth.

The upper end of the driven shaft 20 is j ournaled in the upper rear plate 12 and the lower end of said shaft 20 is journaled in a jewel bearing 22, preferably placed in a block 23 inserted in the under face of the lower rear plate 1.0, being held in position by a screw 24, or its equivalent,

A gear wheel 25 meshes with the pinion 21, and this gear wheel is secured upon a second. driven shaft 26 parallel with the shaft 20 and the motor shaft 14;, and the gear 25 has a cor responding number of teeth to the gear 19. The upper end of the shaft 26 is journaled in the upper rear plate 12, and its lower end enwith a jewel bearing 27, which is also preferably supported by a block 28, introduced into a recess in the under face of the lower rear plate 10, being held in place by a suitable fastening device 29. At the upper portion of the shaft 26 a bevel gear 30 is secured, and when the other gears are toothed as has been mentioned, this bevel gear 30 is provided with forty-eight teeth, and lneshes with an upper bevel gear 31, secured. upon a horizontal shaft 32, having its inner end mounted to turn in a jewel in a bearing block 33 secured at the forward portion of the upper rearplate 12, as is shown in both Figs. 2 and 3. The outer or forward end of the shaft 32 is ournaled in a downwardlyextending lip 34, forming a portion of the forward. end of a horizontal hanger 35, preferably of Ashape, as illustrated. in Fig. 3, the hanger being secured at its inner end to the upper rear plate 12.

The shaft is provided with a worm 36, and the said worm engages a worm wheel 37 secured on a shaft 38, which is hmizontally located at the front portion of the back plate A of theframe, as is shown in Fig. 1 having its ends jeurnaled in brackets 39 and 39. At the righ t-hand end of the said shaft an escape wheel 40 is secured, provided with ten. teeth.

A sh aft ll is fixedly secured in the brackets A, the shaft 11 being parallel with. the shaft 38, as shown in Fig. 1, and on this shaft 41 series of registering cylinders is mounted to freely turn, which registering cylinders are designated as B, B, B B and B, the ilirst or right-hand cylinder being the unit cylinder, and under the adaptation mentioned expresses hundreds of volts or watts, while the next cylinder re resents thousands, the next tens of thousan s, the next hundreds of thousands and the last millions. These cylinders are provided with numbers which read from 0 to 9 inclusive and are of uniform size and in. operation they are covered by a face or dial plate B shown in Fig. 1, having openings l), 1), 5 I) and b therein, an opening being provided for each cylinder and each open ing being of just sullicient size to disclose a single figure on a cylinder.

The initial or unit cylinder 13 is operated through the medium of a controlling arm (1, located at the righthand side of the machine, and. a spring drum C is connected with the controlling arm to regulate its movement. The drum C particularly shown in Figs. 8 and 9, consists of a circular casing 42, having a downwardly-extending bracket 43 whereby it is secured to the outer face of the forwardly-extending portion of the right-hand bracket A of the main frame; and within the said drum a disk 4-4- is firmly secured to a shaft 415, which shaft is journaled in the said drum, extending through it and beyond its outer face, the outer extending portion of said shaft 45 being square or polygonal as shown at 15 in Fig. 10. A ratchet wheel 46 is secured to the shaft 45 at or about the point where its polygonal section 45 commences.

A spring 47 is attached at one of its ends to the disk 44, and the other end of the said spring is secured to the said drum as indicated in Fig. 8. The lower end 48 of the controlling arm (3 is enlarged and flattened, and provided with. an opening 49 through which the squared portion of the shaft 15 passes and in. which the said shaft 'l'reel y turns. Around the said opening 419 a recess 50 is made in the outer face of the said controlling arm U, as shown. in Fig. 9, which recess 50 receives the ratchet wheel 46. The ratchet wheel is covered by a cover plate 51 secured to the outer face of the enlarged lower end of the controlling arm (J, which cover plate extends below the lower edge of said arm; and at the forward side edge of the controlling arm (1 a spring pawl 52 is located, the head of which enters an opening in the lower portion of the arm and engages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 46, as shown in Fig. 9. Thus by turning the outer end of the shaft -'.l5, which extends through and turns in the cover plate 5]., the spring 47 can be placed and held under greater or less tension.

The tendency of the spring 47 is to force the controlling arm (I in a forward. direction, but the forward movement of the controlling arm (3 is limited by contact with an adjusting screw 53, held to pass through a suitably threaded lug 54 secured to the outer face of the right-hand. bracket A, which bracket, it may here be remarked, is provided near its forward edge with an opening 54-.

Segmental teeth 55 are formed at the lower edge of the cover plate 51, as is best shown in Fig. 2; and these teeth are engaged by the teeth of a segment 57 mounted on a shaft 58, which shaft passes through the opening 54 in the said right-hand bracket A, and is journaled in an outer bearing 59 and in an inner bearing 60, the latter bearing being best shown in Fig. 1, although it likewise appears in Fig. 6. At the inner end portion of the shaft 58 a pawl 61 is secured, which pawl is at an angle to the segment 57, the segment normally facing upward and rearward, and the pawl faces upward and forward. The head of the said pawl is adapted to enter the spaces between the teeth of a ratchet wheel 62 mounted on the shaft 41 and secured to a boss 63 formed upon the right-hand side of the initial or unit cylinder B, as is shown in Fig. 5, the attachment being usually made through the medium of suitable screws 64.

At the upper end 65 of the controlling arm C a horizontal pin 66 is carried inward to be engaged by the teeth of the escape wheel 40;

and, as is evident from Fig. 2, as the esca e wheel revolves its teeth will bear rearward fy against the said pin 66 and will carry the controlling arm C in the same direction against the tension of the spring 47 in the drum C; and at the same time, the segmental teeth carried by the controlling arm C will have rocked the segment 57 sufficiently forward to carry the pawl 61 out from engagement with the teeth of the spur or ratchet wheel 62 on the unit cylinder B, permitting the said wheel to turn; but the moment the controlling arm has been released from the escape wheel 40 and is permitted to assume its normal forward and upper position, shown in Fig. 2, bearing against the adjusting screw 53, the segment 57 will have been restored to its normal position and the head of the pawl 61 will have again entered a space between the teeth of the ratchet wheel 62, preventing a further forward rotation of the said wheel until the said controlling arm is again carried rearward by the action of the escape wheel 40.

It may here be remarked that the worm gear 37 on the shaft 38 carrying the escape wheel 40 has usually forty-eight teeth when the order of teeth named in the preceding description 18 preserved. The said controlling arm C adjacent to its upper end is provided with a rearwardly-extending horizontal member 67, and a horizontal bar 68 is held parallel with this member yet spaced from its inner side as is shown in Fig. 1, by means of a stud 69 which is secured to the said bar and to the extension 67 from the arm. The bar 68 is carried beyond the plane of the forward edge of the controlling arm 0, as is shown in both Figs. 2 and 9; and a dog 70 is pivoted in the bar 68 at its forward end, the pivot pin 71 being clearly shown in Fig. 6. This dog is in the form of a curved arm, being curved downward and forward from its pivot 71, terminating at its forward end in a head 72, adapted to ride over the teeth of the spur or ratchet wheel 62 arm C and to be in forcing engagement with one of the teeth of the said wheel as is shown in Fig. 6 when the said controlling arm is moved forward by the action of its spring, and at such time the dog 70 moves the said wheel 62 the distance of one tooth, thus moving the unit registering cylinder B to which it is attached a sufficient distance to change the order of the figures thereon one digit.

The rear end of the dog 70 is downwardly and rearwardly curved, terminating in a foot 73 shown best in Fig. 6, and this foot has bearing against a spring 74 secured to the rear end of the bar 68 carrying the said dog and said spring 74 acts to keep the head 72 of the dog in engagement with the teeth of the spur or ratchet wheel 62. Thus it will be observed that as the controlling arm 0 is moved rearward the pawl 61 is carried from engagement with the wheel but not until the head of the dog 70 shall have reached practically a position for pressing engagement against a tooth of said wheel 62; and when the controlling arm 0 is moved forward, as stated, the dog will move the wheel 62 one tooth, and when such limit is reached the pawl 61 will have engaged with the said Wheelto prevent it turning further forward.

In order that there shall be no retrograde movement on the part of the aforesaid spur or ratchet wheel 62, a detent 75 is employed, engaging with an upper rear tooth of the wheel as shown in Fig. 5; and this detent is adjustably secured to a horizontal spring arm 76 secured to the back member A of the frame by means of a suitable bracket 77 or the equivalent thereof. It may be here stated that each tooth of the spur or ratchet wheel 62 corresponds to a tooth of the escape wheel 40, representing onehundred watts or one ampere at one-hundred volts.

A single boss 78 is formed on the righthand side of all of the registering cylinders with the exception of the first or unit cylinder B, and as is shown in Fig. 4, a gear 79 is secured to each of the said bosses, the points of the teeth of the gear being at the peripheral portions of the bosses. At the left-hand side of each of the registering cylinders with the exception of the last one B, a boss 80 is formed, which corresponds to the boss 78 at the right-hand side of the cylinders; and on each boss 80 a second and smaller boss 81 is securedly fastened, the diameter of which corresponds to the inner diameter of the gears 79, or the diameter taken from the bottom of the spaces between the teeth of the gears; and each of the smaller bosses 81 is provided with two teeth 82. These teeth 82 correspond in height and in the depth of the space between them to that of any two opposing teeth in at the rearward movement of the controlling l any of the aforesaid gears 79. The two teeth 82 of each boss or disk 81 extend to the periphery of the larger disk 80, and the space which is between the teeth 82 extends through the peripheral surfaces of the aforesaid bosses S0.

A standard 83 is erected in front of the line of registering cylinders immediately opposite the space between them, and these standards are adjustably secured to a front longitudinal bar 84, which in turn is held in horizontal studs 85 that project from the back plate A, the rod or bar being held in said studs by means of screws 86 at the outer ends of the latter, as is best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the standards 83 are adjustably held on the rod 84 by means of set screws 87. Each standard 83 carries a pinion D at its upper end, and each pinion is provided with six teeth. In the arrangement of the said teeth, three teeth 88 are each equal in width to the combined width of the bosses 78 and 81, and the three other teeth 89 are equal in width to the combined width of the bosses 79, 80 and 81. Two of the three long teeth 89, between the unit cylinder B and the boss 7 8 of the cylinder B, are generally sliding on the smooth, peripheral surface of the disk or boss 80 of the cylinder B and prevent the rotation of the pinion D, which is only possible when the teeth 82 mesh with that part of the shorter teeth 88 located between the boss 78 and the boss 80, and at such a time the space between the two teeth 82 extending to the left face of the unit cylinder admits of the rotation of said pinion.

Supposing the unit cylinder to have turned once and it has not in its turn moved any of the associated cylinders, the long teeth on the pinion located between the unit cylinder B and the next cylinder B will have such bearing 011 the smooth peripheral surface of the disk or boss 81 of the cylinder B, as to prevent the cylinder B from giving rotary movement to the cylinder B, and consequently all the other cylinders will be held stationary; but when the unit cylinder B has made one complete revolution, one of the wider teeth 89 will have entered the space between the teeth 82 on the disk carried by the initial or unit cylinder B, and then the pinion D between the two first disks will be able to turn the distance of one tooth and will thereupon impart a movement to the next cylinder B corresponding to the space between the digits of said cylinder, to expose one of the digits, the digit 1 for example at the dial B and this order of registry is carried out until the machine has made its maximum registration.

It is evident that an apparatus of the construction described can be made to register any amount of watts demanded at each movement of the dog 70. The circumference of each cylinder carries the first ten figures, and each successive cylinder represents ten times the measuring capacity of its predecessor. It is also evident, as has been stated, that this apparatus can be made to count any quantity of gallons of liquid, any number of revolutions of a given object, or any amount of cubic feet of gas, for example, etc., and that any suitable mechanism may be employed. to make connections between the motor shaft of the apparatus and a moving object of the machine to which application is to be made.

It will be observed, as is shown in Fig. 1, that the figures of registry appear instantly on the same line at the dial 15, showing at each instant by numbers immediately visible a legible and total registered account.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a registering machine, a fixed shaft, a series of registering cylinders having corresponding numerals thereon and loosely mounted on the said shaft, a spur wheel secured to one face of the initial registerin cylinder, a shifting mechanism for the spur w 1001, adapted to move the same one teeth at each operation, a motor shaft, an escape wheel for operating the shifting mechanism in one direction, a driving connection between the motor shaft and the escape wheel, and a transmission mechanism between the several registering cylinders, which transmission mechanism between two registering cylinders causes the preceding cylinder at one complete revolution to turn the succeeding cylinder the distance of one digit.

2. I11 a registering machine, a series of loosely mounted registering cylinders provided with corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, a spur wheel having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of digits upon a cylinder and secured to the outer face of the initial or unit cylinder, a spring-controlled dog mounted for engagement with the spur wheel and adapted to turn the same one teeth at each movement in one direction, an escape wheel, toothed correspondingly to the spur wheel, a motor shaft, and driving connections between the motor shaft and the escape wheel.

3. In a registering machine, a series of loosely mounted registering cylinders provided. with. corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, a spur wheel having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of digits upon a cylinder and secured. to the outer face of the ini tial or unit cylinder, a spring-controlled dog mounted for engagement with the spur wheel and adapted to turn the same one teeth at each. movement in one direction, an escape wheel, toothed correspondingly to the spur wheel, a motor shaft, driving connections be tween the motor shaft and the escape wheel, and a check pawl for the spur wheel, operated synchronously with the said dog, releasing the wheel during the preparatory movement of the dog and locking the wheel at the end of the shifting movement of the dog.

4. In a registering machine, a series of loosely mounted registering cylinders provided with corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, a spur wheel having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of digits upon a cylinder and secured to the outer face of the initial or unit cylinder, a spring-controlled dog mounted for engagement with the spur wheel and adapted to turn the same one tooth at each movement in one direction, an escape wheel, toothed correspondingly to the spur wheel, a motor shaft, driving connections between the motor shaft and the escape wheel,

a check pawl for the spur wheel, operated synchronously with the said dog, releasing the wheel during the preparatory movement of the dog and locking the wheel at the end of the shifting movement of the dog, a spring controlled detent in engagement with the spur wheel at a point removed from the point of engagement of the check pawl, and means for adjusting the motor shaft to increase or decrease the speed of the escape wheel drivmg connections.

5. In a registering machine, a series of loosely-mounted registering cylinders provided with corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, a spur wheel having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of digits on a cylinder, the spur wheel being secured to the outer face of the unit or initial cylinder, a controlling arm pivotally mounted opposite the said spur wheel, a spring drum operatively connected with the controlhng arm, a dog carried by the controlhng arm and engaging with the teeth of the said spur wheel, a driven shaft above the said cylinders, an escape Wheel secured to the said shaft, correspondingly toothed to the spur wheel, an extension from the said controlling arm, operated upon by the escape wheel to move the controlling arm against the tension of its spring and carry the dog to preparatory position, the said controlling arm moving forward when released by the escape wheel, causing the dog to turn the spur wheel one tooth, and means for driving the escape wheel shaft.

6., In a registering machine, a series of loosely-mounted registering cylinders provided with corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, a spur wheelhaving a number of teeth corresponding to the number of digits on a cylinder, the spur wheel being secured to the outer face of the unit or initial cylinder, a controlling arm pivotally mounted opposite the said spur wheel, a spring drum operatively connected with the controlling arm, a dog carried by the controlling arm and engaging with the teeth of the said spur wheel, a driven shaft above the said cylinders, an escape wheel secured to the said shaft, correspondingly toothed to the spur wheel, an extension from the said controlling arm, operated upon by the escape wheel to move the controlling arm against the tension of its spring and carry the dog to preparatory position, the said controlling arm moving forward when released by the escape wheel, causing the dog to turn the spur wheel one tooth, segment ally arranged teeth located at the lower portion of said controlling arm, a segment engaging with said teeth, a pawl connected with said segment, adapted to engage with the spur wheel and check its forward movement at the end of the operating stroke of the dog, a detent engaging with the upper rear portion of the said spur wheel, preventing retrograde movement thereof, a motor shaft, and drivingconnections between said motor shaft and the escape wheel shaft.

7. In a registering machine, the combination with series of loosely-mounted registering cylinders provided with corresponding digits, transmission gearing between opposing cylinders, and a spur wheel secured to the outer face of the unit cylinder, the 'said spur wheel being provided with ten teeth, of a controlling arm pivotally mounted opposite the said spur wheel, being provided with segmentally-arranged teeth at its lower end, a spring drum the shaft whereof pivots the said controlling arm, a ratchet and pawl connection between the drum and the controlling arm, an extension from the said controlling arm, a spring-pressed dog pivoted on the said extension and engaging with the teeth of the said ratchet wheel, a segment engaging with the teeth on the said controlling arm, a check pawl engaging with the lower forward portion of the ratchet wheel, a shaft connec tion between the pawl and the segment, a spring-controlled detent bearing upon the said spur wheel at its rear upper portion, means for limiting the forward movement of the controlling arm, a shaft journaled above the said cylinders, an escape wheel secured to said shaft, a pin extending from the control ling arm and engaged by the said escape wheel, which in its movement carries the controlling arm rearward against the tension of the spring in the said drum, said escape wheel also having ten teeth, an adjustable motor shaft, and a driving connection between the motor shaft and the shaft carrying the escape wheel.

8. In a registering machine, the combination with a fixed shaft, a series of cylinders loosely mounted on said shaft, each cylinder being provided with corresponding digits on its peripheral surface, a spur wheel secured to the outer side of the unit cylinder, a springcontrolled controlling arm pivotally mounted adjacent to the spur wheel, a dog carried by the arm and engaging with the spur Wheel, an escape wheel for moving the controlling arm in one direction against the tension of its spring, a motor shaft, and a driving connection between the motor shaft and the escape wheel, of disks offset from the left-hand faces of all of the cylinders with the exception of the last cylinder, each disk being provided with two teeth, a series of offset gears secured to the right-hand face of each registering cylinder with the exception of the unit cylinder, the teeth on the gears corresponding in depth and in arrangement to the teeth on the said o'llset disks, standards supported opposite the spaces between opposing cylinders, and transmission pinions mounted upon the said standards, each pinion being provided with a series of teeth half of which engage only with the teeth of the said gears, the other half engaging with the said disks, acting as brakes on the smooth surfaces thereof and meshing with the teeth of the said disks to turn thereon and transmit motion. to the gear with. which they also engage.

9. In a registering machine, a series of loosely mounted registering cylinders, transmission gearing between the cylinders, a spur wheel carried by the unit cylinder, a pivoted controlling arm, a spring for moving the controlling arm in one direction, a dog carried by the controlling arm and engaging with the teeth of said spur wheel, a check pawl for the spur wheel, a spring controlled detent for the spur wheel, a motor shaft, and means actuated from the motor shaft for moving the controlling arm against the tension of its spring.

10. In a registering machine, a series of registering cylinders, transmission gears between the said cylinders, a spur wheel secured to the unit cylinder, a pivotally-mounted, spring-controlled controlling arm opposite said spur wheel, a dog carried by said arm for engagement with the spur wheel, a pin extending inward from the said controlling arm, a shaft mounted above the line of cylinders, an escape wheel secured to the said shaft, the teeth whereof engage with the pin from the controlling arm, a worm shaft, a worm wheel mounted on the escape wheel shaft, driven from the worm shaft, a motor shaft, transmission shafts and gearings connecting with the motor shaft and with the worm shaft, and means for shifting the motor shaft to bring about an increase or a decrease of speed between the transmission shafts and the escape wheel shaft.

11. In a registering machine, a series of registering cylinders, transmission gears between the registering cylinders, and a driving mechanism for the registering cylinders, comprising a spur wheel carried by the unit cylinder, a pivoted. and springcontrolled controlling arm provided with means for engagement with the spur wheel to turn the same, a horizontal shaft, an escape wheel secured to said shaft, and operating the controlling arm in one direction, a worm wheel also secured to said horizontal shaft, a second. upper horizontal shaft, the worm on the said shaft engaging with the saidworin wheel, the worm wheel shaft having a bevel gear at one end, horizontal plates supported at the rear of the escape wheel shaft and worm shaft, a motor shaft, adjustable bearings for the upper portion of the motor shaft, carried by one of said plates, and parallel driven shafts having gear connection with each other and with the upper portion. of the motor shaft and gear connection with the worm shaft.

12. In a registering machine, su )porting plates, a motor shaft mounted to turn. in. the said plates, a disk screwing in a threaded opening in the upper plate, and adjustable therein, the upper end of which shaft is eccentrically mounted in the said disk for the purpose described, and means for securing the disk in adjusted position.

13. In a registering machine, a series of registering cylinders, transmission gearing between the cylinders, a spur wheel carried by the unit cylinder, a pivoted controlling arm, a spring for moving the controlling arm in one direction, means for moving the controlling arm against the tension of the spring, a dog carried by the controlling arm and engaging the teeth of said spur wheel, to turn the spur wheel when the controlling arm is moved by the spring, and. a check pawl for the spur wheel controlled by the movement of said controlling arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK DE PARIS.

IVitnesses:

ROBERT TASOHNAU, SYLVA Donii. 

